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Margery Bernstein
New York Times, Monday, November 1, 1976
43-Down : Pitfalls for Archie and Edith
Author:
Margery Bernstein
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.70, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Margery Bernstein has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 A | 3 M | 4 A | 5 S | 6 H | 7 F | 8 L | 9 A | 10 D | 11 I | 12 A |
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13 A | M | I | 14 A | B | L | E | 15 E | X | T | 16 E | R | N | S |
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17 C | A | D | D | I | E | S | 18 N | I | B | L | I | C | K |
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19 T | I | R | E | D | 20 B | I | V | A | L | V | E | |||
21 B | O | R | E | S | 22 N | E | A | 23 T | I | E | N | 24 S |
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25 I | R | O | N | 26 L | Y | I | N | 27 G | 28 E | R | S | T |
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29 D | Y | N | A | 30 M | I | C | 31 S | R | 32 A | 33 S | E | E |
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34 L | A | N | 35 E | L | 36 L | |||||||||
37 O | 38 T | 39 B | 40 O | K | 41 S | 42 B | E | L | A | 43 B | 44 O | 45 R |
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46 C | A | R | 47 S | 48 S | P | 49 O | O | N | 50 C | U | R | E |
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51 T | R | A | P | 52 P | 53 E | R | G | 54 B | A | N | D | Y |
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55 T | S | A | R | 56 I | N | A | 57 B | U | R | K | E | |||
58 M | A | S | H | I | E | S | 59 P | U | T | T | E | R | 60 S |
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61 E | R | I | N | O | S | E | 62 A | L | T | E | R | E | D |
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63 T | E | E | 64 R | U | R | 65 R | L | S | 66 S | R | S |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,942
Across
1
Take it on the ___ : LAM
4
Residue : ASH
7
State: Abbr. : FLA
10
Prefix for meter or tribe : DIA
13
Friendly : AMIABLE
15
Nonresident hospital doctors : EXTERNS
17
Vanishing golf figures : CADDIES
18
Golf club : NIBLICK
19
Worn out : TIRED
20
Clam or oyster : BIVALVE
21
Ear-benders : BORES
22
Teachers' org. : NEA
23
French exclamation : TIENS
25
One of a golf nine : IRON
26
Situated, as a golf ball : LYING
28
Formerly, of yore : ERST
29
Powerful : DYNAMIC
31
Mrs., in Madrid : SRA
33
Diocesan center : SEE
34
Swedish district : LAN
35
Building wing : ELL
37
Bookies' legal rival: Abbr. : OTB
40
Gives the green light to : OKS
42
Go on and on with : BELABOR
46
Vehicles : CARS
48
Golf club : SPOON
50
Rest ___ : CURE
51
Musical fairway family : TRAPP
53
Unit of work : ERG
54
Exchange : BANDY
55
Catherine, for one : TSARINA
57
Irish orator : BURKE
58
Golf clubs : MASHIES
59
Golf clubs : PUTTERS
61
Plant disease : ERINOSE
62
Tampered with a scorecard : ALTERED
63
Golfer's letter : TEE
64
Capek play : RUR
65
Writer's initials : RLS
66
Class members: Abbr. : SRS
Down
1
Indian money : LAC
2
Like one in love : AMATORY
3
Golf club : MIDIRON
4
Genus of firs : ABIES
5
Toboggan : SLED
6
"For ___ a jolly ... " : HES
7
Early Irish soldiers : FENIANS
8
Year in Nero's reign : LXIV
9
Ready to hit : ATBAT
10
Golf clubs : DRIVERS
11
Enrage : INCENSE
12
Inquire : ASK
14
Kind of gland : ADRENAL
16
Girl's nickname : ELLIE
20
"___ Mir Bist Du Schoen" : BEI
21
Offer : BID
22
Gotham initials : NYC
24
Anne or Jeanne: Abbr. : STE
26
What joins golfers : LINKS
27
Golfer's color : GREEN
30
Chinese leader : MAO
32
Without exception : ALL
36
A ___ dinner : LACARTE
37
Month: Abbr. : OCT
38
Steak ___ : TARTARE
39
Golf club : BRASSIE
41
"Faerie Queene" author : SPENSER
42
Marsh : BOG
43
Pitfalls for Archie and Edith : BUNKERS
44
User of a menu : ORDERER
45
Spanish king : REY
47
Pitcher Warren : SPAHN
49
___ pro nobis : ORA
52
Earlier : PRIOR
54
Ashtray contents : BUTTS
56
Form of Jesus : IESU
57
Taurus : BULL
58
Convened : MET
59
Golf score : PAR
60
Sea inlets: Abbr. : SDS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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